Background: In the cervical nerve sheath tumor (NST) surgery with dumbbell extension of Eden type 2 or 3, selection of anterior, posterior, or combined approach remains controversial.Objectives: This technical note aimed to propose possible advantages of the posterior unilateral approach (PUA).Methods: Six patients who underwent the surgical treatm
Allopregnanolone: From molecular pathophysiology to therapeutics. A historical perspective
Allopregnanolone is synthesized in the central nervous system either de novo from cholesterol or from steroid hormone precursors like progesterone and pregnenolone.Over the past 30 years, direct and rapid, non-genomic Structural Heatsinks actions of allopregnanolone and its derivatives via GABAA receptors have been demonstrated.Changes in brain lev
Heart Rate Tracking Using a Wearable Photoplethysmographic Sensor During Treadmill Exercise
We present a beat-to-beat heart rate tracking algorithm that is designed especially to handle the nonstationary motion artifacts often encountered using photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals acquired from Ear Cleaner smartwatches or a forehead-worn device, during intense exercise.To date, many algorithms have been based on tracking heart rates during
The image of the enemy in textbooks on the history of the USSR in the 1930s
The article examines the peculiarities of the formation of the image of the enemy in the textbook of Andrei Shestakov "A Short Course in the History of the USSR." Also, the historiography of the issue is analyzed.It applies to both the Soviet era and the present.Despite the modest attention to this topic by foreign experts, the works that directly
Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Following Oral Use of Adulterated Honey Mixed with Tadalafil: A Case Report
Khalid S Asharari,1 Naif M Alali,2 Moustafa S Magliyah,1 Hassan A Al-Dhibi,3 Faisal A Almarek,4 Hani B AlBalawi2 1Department Utility Knives of Ophthalmology, Prince Mohammed Medical City, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia; 2Ophthalmology Division, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia; 3Vitreoretinal Division, King